12+ Kids and Grand-Toddler Christmas Activities Crafts Ideas

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Merry Christmas Fun

This week we enjoyed a fun day with Little Bear enjoying driving his Cozy Coupe around (the updated version of this cute oldie goldie kiddie car from MY youth 😉 ), toting his cute bear and his sweet Lovie, while emulating trips with his daddy. Not to mention Punkin Doodle squirming away as he practiced pre-crawling. And our Candy Cane hunt continues to be the favorite love of all my toddler Christmas activities crafts ideas. Though he also LOVES to cut out cookies with cookie cutters!

Wise Men Bible Verse Page for Kids

This week we worked on the wise men. When talking, I used wise men and kings interchangeably and mentioned that we commonly call them the 3 wise men or the 3 kings but we really don’t know for sure how many there were. We had fun with a variety of kids and toddler Christmas activities crafts ideas including our Bible memory page and matching coloring page (click here to sign up for the free emails AND free access to the membership resource page with many fun and free printable pages kids enjoy including printable mini books kids love.)

Christmas Songs-Wise Men [Videos too]

I loved the cute song about the wisemen that I found at DLTK though I did make a few tweaks. Instead of three wise men – I made it THE wise men. At the end of the first verse, instead of “three wise men” I pulled the “Jesus the King” from the end of the 2nd verse. And in the second verse, I again started with THE wise men.

We also enjoyed listening to a favorite carol of mine – How Many Kings by DownHere. I was blessed to hear them live in concert with one of my older grandkids a couple years ago and loved the song AND the story behind it. Sweet joys. As Kevin Davis writes,

“It is a very powerful Christmas song that really challenges you to think about the sacrifice that our King Jesus made on our behalf. Truly, no other king in the history of the world besides Jesus humbled themselves to come off their throne to become one of their own and become the least…for me. For that, I am eternally grateful.”

Grand-toddler listened, though it’s a bit over his head I know. Still and all, it’s got great truths to plant into his heart, like..

“How many kings step down from their thrones?How many lords have abandoned their homes?How many greats have become the least for me?And how many gods have poured out their heartsTo romance a world that is torn all apartHow many fathers gave up their sons for me?

Bringing our gifts for the newborn SaviorAll that we have, whether costly or meekBecause we believe.”

Little Bear was quite excited to again watch the Cedarmont Kids Christmas Carols on YouTube. Plus we continued listening to the Cedarmont Kids Christmas CD on my Amazon Prime music app (which is available for iPhone and Android,) though we also switched back to our regular Bible songs as well. A nice mix, don’t you think?

Dots Fun

Dots of Dotty Fun!The Resourceful Mama and EasyPeasy both have LOTS of lovely dot pictures. He ended up with a choice between a candy cane, a star, a Christmas tree, and a gingerbread boy. We dont have the dot markers (well, we will – see below 🙂 ) so we used gold glitter gluealong with colored fruit loops and colored stickers and had dot-a-licious fun! My grand-toddler’s favorite this time around was the Christmas tree.

DIY Clear Fillable Christmas Ornaments

We used up our last DIY clear fillable Christmas ornaments so I took my own advice and ordered some from Amazon. I was quite pleased with the quality and the speed. They are shaped differently. Our original ones were round balls. These are slimmer round ovals. These also seemed a bit sturdier. I believe the fill hole was the same for both. We filled one ornament full of mini-marshmallows. We filled the second ornament about half way with colored Fruit Loops. The marshmallows fit fine. The fruit loops varied – some fit perfect, others had to be squished down a bit, and a couple broke as they went in. I’m not sure if that’s why, but he definitely preferred the marshmallows. Still and all, we had fun and they definitely look cute. 🙂

Nativity Cookie Cutters

Last week, while searching for an angel cookie cutter, I discovered a cute Nativity scene set of cookie cutters. (It’s the one above with the colored background.) I’ll be honest. They’re really more appropriate for older kids. Most of the shapes are very hard to recognize unless you “paint them” well – using a variety of colors. You can see how to do it with the box lid that comes with it. The price was really good and the angel IS quite recognizable. And with umpteen grandkids, I know I’ll put them to good use eventually. Since then, I spotted the others above so thought you might like to see them all. We did have fun making the wise men even though they were hard to recognize. Along with stars, snowman, and others. I used the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie package this time. I baked it all up and froze half of it. It was tasty – though I must admit, I liked the gingerbread cookies better.

I LOVED The Steadfast Family’s idea of the hide and seek game with the wise men. Grand toddler has been loving playing hide and seek with candy canes so I knew this would be a hit as well. We only used one star and he did have fun looking for it as we talked about how the Wise Men searched for the star to find the new King that had been born. Then we went back to the candy canes which has turned out to be the big mega hit of our Christmas season. 🙂 I had been thinking of different seasonal items I could use throughout the year for this fun search game. Now, I have a feeling we may STILL be searching for candy canes come the 4th of July. 😉

Candy Canes Search, Hot Wheels, Mega Blocks +

He loved storing his Candy Canes in his Batmobile, along with playing with his Hot Wheels and blocks as usual. Shhhhh, don’t tell, but we’ll have more Mega Bloks to play with after Christmas. I can’t WAIT to see how tall our towers and tunnels will be then! 🙂

More Great Christmas Activities Crafts Ideas

Here are a couple more fun and easy kids and toddler Christmas activities crafts ideas that we just ran out of time for or that were too old for grand-toddler but I definitely wanted to save and share:

Nativity Set

I LOVE this cute nativity set from EncouragingMomsAtHome.com – it’s so cute! Geared for 8-12 year olds, though, so it will have to wait a bit for grand-toddler.

Easy Construction Paper Wreath

Housing a Forest features a very basic, easy construction paper wreath. I was going to do it but just use Christmas stickers. Another take on this is to trace your toddler’s hands – or have your older kids trace their own – onto green construction paper. Cut out several of those paper hands and glue them into a wreath shape. Then decorate with stickers, if you’d like. I’ve done that in the past with grandkids and they are sooooo cute! Also, they’re a fun way of seeing how hands have grown from preceding years.

Wise Men Made From Toilet Paper Cardboard Rolls

TP Rolls Turned Into Royal Kings – there are several variations of Wise Men using toilet paper rolls. This is one I’m saving for when grand-toddler is older – or when I’m visiting my older grandkids:

Star with Glitter Glue

Star with Glitter Glue – whether you print out a star picture and outline it with gold glitter glue or make a star using popsicle sticks and “paint” it with glitter glue – it’s a fun idea to help remind them of the Wise Men following the star.

Fun Day With More Fun To Come

It was a fun day full of songs and stories and glitter and cookies. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas season while working on various projects together. Next week, we’re probably going to be talking about the New Year, winter weather (can you believe it turned into WINTER this past week!), and, of course, Bible stories. I’m looking forward to seeing you again soon!

Jayne

Last Minute Gift Ideas

PS Looking for last minute Christmas gift ideas? As I type this (Saturday morning) I just received my last Christmas surprise for my local grandkids (I finally bought a set of Dot Markers – once I found one that was WASHABLE – YAY) plus ordered one last gift for a long distance grandchild which Amazon SAYS will be there by Christmas Eve. By the time you read this, it might be too late – but there are always e-gift cards. That’s a fave of mine – especially for my older grandkids. I especially love the cute animated cards. This year, my fave is their cute Llama animated card.

For those of you who, like me, have grandkids with January birthdays – this might be a helpful list of fun last minute gift ideas for toddlers preschoolers and older kids to encourage their crafting delights:

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